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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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Scorpions visit the UFS
2007-09-03
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The Scorpions visited the Main Campus of the University of the Free State and had a discussion with students from the departments of Criminology, Sociology, Psychology and Political Science. From the left are: Mr Albertus Calitz (Head of the Department of Criminology at the UFS), Ms Anthea Annandale (Senior Manager: Administration, Scorpions), Mr Mosioua Pheko (Honours student in Political Science at the UFS), Ms Luzelle Naudé (Programme Director: B.Soc.Sc. in Human and Service Learning Dynamics at the UFS) and Ms Leane Ackerman (Head of the Department of Sociology at the UFS).
Photo: Lacea Loader
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